24-26th June 2025 | Lisbon, Portugal

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On a Quest for a Hard Reset - Back to the Future for Global Gaming: Players, Product, Positivity

The Game Quality forum is on a quest - a quest to help the industry's unsung heroes to slay the dragons of layoffs, doing more with less and AI uncertainty.
After a tough few years, it's time for QA and Localization to rewrite their destiny and get back to building seamless, high-quality, localised and gamer-centric player experiences. As player demands change and as platform loyalty is replaced by platform diversity, our event remains the place to tackle every major quality issue. From promoting accessibility and personalising player experience, to delivering live service QA and assuring quality for complex games, we're the sword to your shield.
Every hero needs a respite from dragon slaying, so in 2025 we're about more than the technical challenges. Alongside the streamed QA & Localization sessions, we're launching a brand new content stream, live on the EXPO floor and covering all-important people issues. How do we address toxicity and protect our teams and players from online hate? How do we tackle burnout and build good culture around mental health? How do we place Diversity and Inclusion at the heart of our studios and our games?

In addition, we're co-locating Game Quality Forum with a brand new event, The Game Publishing and Marketing Summit. Why? One, because we realise that player community and support are part of a bigger publishing mission. Two, because QA and Localization are going through hectic change and we want to double our efforts to support them. Three, because Game Quality was launched to be the voice of the industry's unsung heroes, and many of those in publishing also need our help.
Two separate conferences. One bigger community. No dragons (probably). The hero's journey is never easy, but the prize - a hard reset for one of the most creative global industries - is more than worth fighting for.

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2024 Highlights - GQF Tips n Tricks

2024 Highlights

Some of our favourite highlights from the Game Quality Forum 2024! Here is a sneak preview of what you can expect this year!

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meet the 2024 #gqf Speaker panel:

Lauren Wade

Head of Player Communications

Kolibri Games

Bakyt Aidaralieva

Former Head of Player Experience & Product Manager

Rovio

Teddy Bengtsson

Founder

RoundTable Studio

Adrian Maroiu

Product Owner – BF Tech QV

DICE - EA

Estelle Bailly

Localization Director

Hi-Rez Studios

Richard Banic

Community Management Craft Owner

Pixel Federation

Marco Bombasi

Localization Team Manager

Capcom

David Bos

CTO

5CA

Nick Citkoŭ

Localization Producer

Paradox Interactive

Carla Condemi de Felice

Head of Localisation and QA

Dovetail Games

Jana Csanyi

Community Management Lead

Pixel Federation

Cristian Deri

Group Technical Director of Quality Engineering

DICE, Electronic Arts (EA)

Shane Evans

Co-Founder

GameDriver

Katerina Florinskaya

Head of Localization

Strikerz

Minerva Fontes

Technical Localisation Manager

Frontier Developments

Patryk Guściora

VIP Team Lead

TenSquareGames

Robert Gutierrez

Co-Founder

GameDriver

Oliver Hildenbrandt

Live Producer

YAGER

Matthew Humphrey

Senior QA Specialist

IO Interactive

Sebastian Huzik

QA Manager

IO Interactive

Marina Ilari

CEO

Terra Localizations

Denis Ivanov

Head of Localization

Belka Games

Ghulam Khan

Director of QA

Curve Games

Mike Kim

Localization Director

Kong Studios

Evgeny Kolev

QA Manager

SEGA

Maja Kosioł

Senior LQA Manager

Ten Square Games

Henning Lube

Director QA and Processes

Sviper GmbH

Alcir Marques

Localisation Manager

Jagex

Fahim Mostafa

QA Manager

Creative Assembly

Miriam Moyano Reifenrath

Sr. Localization Program Manager

Riot Games

Nicoletta Mura

Operations Director

5CA

Matthew Ng

Director of Franchise Quality - Minecraft

Mojang Studios

Damien Peter

QA Manager

Trailmix Games

Kelvin Plomer

Senior Director of Games Operations

Jagex

John Pompeii

Senior Vice Preident

Arise Gaming

Alexander Radkevich

Expert Localization Project Manager

CD PROJEKT RED

Florian Rohde

Community and Player Support Lead

YAGER

Clément Ruggeri

Senior Community Manager

NetEase Games

Simon Sandrock

QA Manager

Team17

Jo Scott

Player Support Manager

Small Giant Games

Sara Supply

Head of Player Support

Small Giant Games

Gabriel Tendera

QA Lead

PixelAnt Games

Tamara Tirjak

Head of Localization

Frontier Developments

Wouter Van Vugt

EMEA Communications &Community Engagement Senior Director

Bandai Namco Europe

Albin Wallin

Test Automation Engineer

Paradox Interactive

Anna Zaretskaya

Director, AI Products

TransPerfect

Ekaterina Zaytseva

Senior Localisation Manager

Frontier Development

Fiene Ziegler

Senior Community Management Specialist

InnoGame GmbH

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Interview with Katerina Florinskaya, Head of Localization, Strikerz

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Interview with Evgeny Kolev, QA Manager, SEGA Sofia

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Interview with Jana Csanyi, Community Management Lead, Pixel Federation

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Exclusive #GQF Reports

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Gaming Revolution: Unveiling the Global Impact of Artificial Intelligence in the Gaming Industry

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The Balancing Act: Machine Applications and Human Input in Gaming

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Testimonials

These presentations were very well-rehearsed, there was a lot of story-telling and they were incredibly helpful reminders of why we work in games and what this can bring to others

There were a ton of great speakers bringing their expertise to the table. I appreciated the diversity in backgrounds, experiences, and companies, and very much hope to continue seeing that group expand even more in the future

GQF is always a very valuable event. This year, I have particularly appreciated the mentorship programme that happened on the first day, but also how detailed many of the presentations have been. All speakers have been very open when discussing their processes and solutions. I've come back to work with a long list of ideas to implement in my team

There's much to be done in the dynamic world of localisation and I am excited to be a part of it. GQF helped me to spark renewed passion

This year's event was very good and had some incredible insights on automation. I had some interesting talks about Latin American Spanish localisation as well. The event constantly keeps me aware of movements in the industry and I look forward to it each year

The event has been immensely worthwhile! It was my first GQF, but I was able to connect with a lot of people, both on the developer and service provider end. I learned a lot about the current trends in the industry. It was also comforting to talk with other localisation professionals and learn that we all share many of the same struggles. Looking forward to next year's event!

This year, honestly, was fantastic. The talk content was great, the sponsors were more diverse and didn't just include testing vendors, and we had the off-site social event which we missed last year. The social networking was better than previous years